Simple or hard thermodynamics?

date:1/4/2011

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On the simple side:

Assume the atmosphere remains "transparent"

to Solar BB flux; water vapor and other feedback

mechanisms can be ignored. Feel free to play with

this.

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1/6/2011

The simple answer is instructive with

regard to how things, even earth, MAYBE

thermostatically controlled theoretically.

In physics, I deal with approximations not

absolutes so doing some math seems reasonable

to me. Time for a poem from me.

Some sunny day I will show the sun its

Light or dark face in my small mirror

And the mighty star may humbly bow to me

But if you join me but ignore me

She may not humbly bow to us

Dedicated to the GW section;)

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MIT can't help the creator.

Lower case c.

@koshka

Thank you. I think you understand my

poets heart exactly.

Tutorial:

I think many in physics understand

Planck's law as applied to earth and

and sun. A large percentage of the

shorter wavelength, high energy, incoming

flux from the sun is absorbed by the earth's

surfaces including the ocean. These photons

are "transparent" to earth's atmosphere.

My ponderable inert low density polystyrene spheres

placed in key positions would send many of these high

energy photons back into space before they had

the chance (via absorption) of being converted

into Planck's IR earth spectrum. The composite atmosphere

resists such an outgoing spectrum; After the genie

is out of the bottle, the thermodynamics in the earth

system becomes very complex.

Many of the excellent contributors know where

I am going with this broad question, but they not

know that my real intent is to minimize "entropic"

debate, and maximize thinking out of the box;

Solutions, brick by brick via cooperation.

Nice feed

"Nice feed"? What the bleep!

Should have read: Nice feedback koshka